NEW DELHI: Former India star off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who not too long ago made headlines by revealing that he’s not on talking phrases with former captain MS Dhoni, has now shared particulars about his dialog with Australian legend Ricky Ponting forward of the second Check of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Harbhajan disclosed that his dialog with Ponting centered on the Punjab Kings. Ponting was appointed as PBKS head coach after parting methods with Delhi Capitals.
“Aaj baat yeh hui ki Punjab ki group kaise banayi hai, maine toh yeh pucha. Purani cheezo ke upar toh baat hui nahi. (in the present day, I requested him that how the PBKS group is made. We didn’t converse in regards to the outdated days). He (Ponting) mentioned, ‘mate, you are wanting fitter than ever.’ So, I advised him that I’m attempting to remain match and step out on the bottom once more, despite the fact that whether it is with the mic,” Harbhajan advised the official broadcasters.
Throughout their enjoying days, Harbhajan and Ponting have been engaged in intense on-field rivalries. Their aggressive nature sparked quite a few heated exchanges, with a number of memorable confrontations defining their worldwide cricket encounters.
‘I do not converse to MS Dhoni’
Harbhajan, who performed beneath Dhoni’s captaincy, together with through the T20 World Cup win in 2007, the ODI World Cup triumph in 2011, and for the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), made a shock revelation that he would not converse to Dhoni any longer.
“No, I do not converse to Dhoni,” Harbhajan mentioned speaking to Information18. “I haven’t got something towards him. If he has one thing to say, he can inform me. But when he did, he would have advised me by now.”
“After I was enjoying at CSK, that is after we spoke; however in any other case, we have not spoken. It has been 10 years and extra. I’ve no purpose; maybe he does. I do not know what the explanations are. Once we have been enjoying within the IPL at CSK, that is after we used to speak, and that too was restricted to the bottom. After that, he didn’t come to my room, nor did I’m going to his,” mentioned Harbhajan, who additionally performed 236 ODIs and 25 T20Is, taking 269 and 25 wickets respectively.
